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NO FLESH


Text : 1 Corinthians 1:29

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

Anything you do that is not of the Spirit is of the flesh. God is not in anyway honoured by any output from from the flesh. If it is not of the Spirit, then it is not good enough for God's Glory. And if it is not of the Spirit, it is not of faith. This was the case in Cain and Abel's sacrifice. Anything you do outside of Faith is a sin. Rom. 14:23 It is sin because it's of the flesh. 

The reason you cannot please God without faith is because Faith is an act of the Spirit. It is void of the flesh. Faith glides on that which is not seen. Flesh is one thing that man inherited after the fall of Adam. Flesh is the life that man lives by. Flesh is the very Life of the fallen man. 

God's glory cannot be carried by the flesh. Though the flesh can also carry his own type of glory. The scripture says that all the flesh is as grass. Even the glory upon the flesh (grass) is flower. 1Peter 1:24.
You can imagine that all the glories many people pride themselves in are simply vanity. The glory of the flesh is likened to flower which fades away.

God wants us to be  free from the grip of the fleshly life. He wants us to die to Self. There is no amount of upgrading, taming or modifying of the flesh that can stop the life of the flesh. 

Hence, God's verdict on the flesh is that you must die to it. Dying to the flesh is  mortifying her works. (Galatians 5:19-21, Colossians 3:5-6).

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Rom. 8:12-13.



Bible Reading : Galatians 5:15-26.


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